{"id":59688,"date":"2024-05-16T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59688"},"modified":"2024-05-15T07:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:26:36","slug":"check-out-the-new-lego-retro-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/check-out-the-new-lego-retro-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the new Lego Retro Radio!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59690\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1911\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio.jpeg 1911w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio-280x300.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio-956x1024.jpeg 956w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio-768x823.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio-1433x1536.jpeg 1433w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lego-Retro-Radio-624x669.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1911px) 100vw, 1911px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who shares a link to this blog regarding the new Lego Retro Radio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A4vQew63Ue\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/news\/legos-buildable-retro-radio-actually-plays-music-thanks-to-a-sound-brick\/\">LEGO&#8217;s buildable Retro Radio actually plays music thanks to a sound brick<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;LEGO&#8217;s buildable Retro Radio actually plays music thanks to a sound brick&#8221; &#8212; Jay&#039;s Brick Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/news\/legos-buildable-retro-radio-actually-plays-music-thanks-to-a-sound-brick\/embed\/#?secret=tppPjxdr5H#?secret=A4vQew63Ue\" data-secret=\"A4vQew63Ue\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you, Dan! I&#8217;m mighty tempted to put in an order for this radio!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lego also has a page with more information here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/product\/retro-radio-10334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/product\/retro-radio-10334<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who shares a link to this blog regarding the new Lego Retro Radio: LEGO&#8217;s buildable Retro Radio actually plays music thanks to a sound brick Thank you, Dan! I&#8217;m mighty tempted to put in an order for this radio! Lego also has a page with more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,26],"tags":[6546,10528,10527],"class_list":["post-59688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radios","tag-dan-van-hoy","tag-lego","tag-lego-retro-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fwI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63472,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/mark-dials-into-nostalgia-with-the-lego-retro-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":59688,"position":0},"title":"Mark Dials Into Nostalgia with the Lego Retro Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"July 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, You might remember that a year or so ago, Lego released a retro radio set aimed at the 18+ age group. 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